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Thua Thien Hue developing traditional crafts

August 05,2019 09:41 AM

The central province of Thua Thien Hue will expand its traditional handicraft and craft villages in a manner that harmonizes economic development and building new-style rural areas. Under planning to 2020 and vision to 2025, attention will be paid to the restoration of several craft villages like Thanh Tien village, which makes paper flowers, the Pho Trach mattress-making village, and villages with traditional “ao dai” tailoring and lacquer making, among others. Further efforts will be made to protect Zeng weaving of the Ta Oi ethnic minority in Nam Dong and A Luoi districts, which was recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2017. The province will also support craft villages in applying advanced technology into production to improve product quality and develop villages with competitive advantages that can generate jobs for local residents. Thua Thien Hue is currently home to 86 villages that focus on 57 traditional handicrafts and crafts. These villages have helped increase local incomes while pushing the restructuring of the rural economy towards industrialization and modernization.

The first International Camp on Cruise to be offered

July 17,2019 03:37 PM

Attending the three-day-two-night camp, campers be offered English lesions regarding to water life, sea protection and chances to discover Vietnamese culture, natural heritage and daily life of farming and fishing villages.

The Au Co Cruise in cooperation with Dreamland Eco English Center to organize the first ever English camping trip on cruise for family in Viet Nam. The summer camp on a five-stared cruise is set to travel around Ha Long Bay, Lan Ha Bay and Ha Long Bay.

“The cruise camp is a very new perspective for children that offer total different nature surroundings, in order to awake their curiousness and help them to learn new things about Vietnamese history, maritime life as well as equipped them with some soft skills,” said the representative from Bhaya Group.

Aiming at campers aged from six to 14 and not limited to nationality, the lesions on cruise will be given by five English native teacher and other five Vietnamese assistants, featuring on geology of Karst Mountain rising from the sea, ocean life, environmental issues and how to protect marine and coastal environment.

It is said to be the first and only camp to teach unique set of skills and knowledge, beside English and other soft skills such as water first aid, sea storm survival, how to catch fish or squid, hands on kayaking and water sports and master seafood cooking. Other dead-time activities are including summer camp book and scavenger hunt. The camp’s reward system will be Dragon’s pearls that would be excited by campers.

The camp is about to provide opportunities for family bonding and life changing experiences for parents and children. It is opened for all family members to experience wide range of activities. Parent will have time to relax and children still be kept active and adventurous while staying in luxurious retreat.

The fixed departure dates for International Camp on Cruise in summer 2019 is from 27 to 29 July, 16 to 18 August and 30 August to 1 September.

The Au Co Luxury Cruise sets the highest benchmark for cruising in Ha Long Bay, taking in the sights, sounds and quintessence of Vietnam traditions. It’s a luxury steel ship with safety guarantee featuring 32 cabins with private balconies, a sundeck for dining, sunbathing and onboard activities, a spa room with Jacuzzi, a restaurant serving fine dining meal and an open bar.

Completely breaking the concept of "traditional classroom", Dreamland English Center was established with the aim of teaching children from four years and older English according to the Practical Experience method come from Finland. The new trend of learning language is said to be effective and profound in all over the world because students would absorb the language naturally, excited and in most positively ways.